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With more than 7,300 stores in 11 different countries, ALDI SOUTH is one of the world’s largest food retailers. It is our mission to supply our customers with high-quality food at the best possible prices. We have a clear focus, following a unique concept of simplicity, responsibility and reliability. ALDI SOUTH IT ensures that everything runs smoothly, from the IT infrastructure to the software used: both at national and international level. Within the scope of transnational projects, our teams develop IT solutions for worldwide use at ALDI SOUTH.

The Stores area creates the technical basis for efficient store processes by using the latest technologies. Our customers will be able to see the results of your work first-hand in all ALDI SOUTH stores worldwide. Our processes are increasingly moving to mobile devices to provide store associates with the most up-to-date hardware and software support. To facilitate this strategic focus, we are continually expanding our current team of experts. 

Your Job

What you give your best for.

• Product evolution: Taking full accountability for the continuous improvement and development of ALDI’s checkout systems and processes throughout their lifecycle
• Vision and strategy: Continuously reviewing and updating the product vision, goals and strategy with a focus on enhancing checkout efficiency and the customer experience; Aligning measures taken with market trends, user feedback and ALDI’s overall strategy
• Market and user needs: Continuously assessing market trends, user requirements and data to identify new business and product opportunities, with a specific focus on the checkout process
• Stakeholder collaboration: Engaging with different internal stakeholders to gather and prioritise the most valuable requirements and features
• Workshops and alignment: Conducting collaborative workshops to outline the product vision, goals and strategy, ensuring that these are aligned with ALDI’s business objectives and checkout improvement initiatives
• Backlog management: Overseeing the demand backlog for checkout systems, including rejecting, refining, and prioritising requests while maintaining transparent communication with all stakeholders
• Feature specification: Creating, aligning, refining and ordering product backlog items (e.g. demands, epics, user stories and requests), ensuring that the backlog is transparent and well-understood by all parties involved
   

Your Profile

What you should have.

• Product management expertise: Hands-on experience in product ownership or management, particularly with regard to retail checkout or POS (point-of-sale) systems 
• Decision-making skills: Adept at making informed decisions in complex and evolving environments
• Domain understanding: In-depth knowledge of checkout processes and systems within a retail setting
• Communication and presentation: Excellent presentation, negotiation and communication skills, with the ability to convey technical and non-technical information effectively
• Collaboration and networking: Strong ability to collaborate, align and negotiate with a wide range of stakeholders
• English proficiency: Business-fluent English skills

Desirable extras.

• Technical acumen: Familiarity with IT infrastructures and technical dependencies related to retail checkout systems
• Industry insight: Understanding of retail operations and optimising the customer experience at the checkout

Your Benefits

How we value your work.

• Partial mobile working within Germany incl. equipment and flexible working hours
• State-of-the-art technologies
• Attractive remuneration as well as holiday and Christmas bonuses
• Future-oriented training and development
• Modular onboarding and buddy
• Health activities

Your Tech Stack

What you work with, among other things.

• Jira
• Confluence
• M365
• ServiceNow